| Vendor | Pimcore GmbH | IgniteTech (Ignite Enterprise Software Solutions); product line from Northplains Systems |
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| HQ | Austria (Salzburg) | United States (IgniteTech, Austin, TX); Northplains originated in Toronto, Canada |
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| Founded | 2013 | 1994 |
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| Ownership | independent (venture-backed; Series B led by Nordwind Growth, 2022) | subsidiary of IgniteTech (ESW Capital group) since the Q1 2021 Aclate merger |
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| Target market | Mid-market, enterprise | Enterprise |
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| Deployment | On-premise, Private cloud, PaaS | On-premise |
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| Pricing model | annual subscription per edition (no per-user fees); Community free below EUR/USD 5M revenue; PaaS tiers | quote-only (server licence plus IgniteTech support subscription) |
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| Public pricing | Yes | No |
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| SSO | OIDC | SAML, LDAP |
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| Analyst coverage | Gartner MQ PIM 2026: Visionary (vendor-reported) · Gartner MQ MDM 2026: Niche Player · Gartner MQ DXP 2025: included (placement not stated) · Gartner Peer Insights VoC DXP 2024: Customers' Choice | Not public |
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| API style (overview) | REST, GraphQL, webdav | REST |
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| OpenAPI spec | Partial | No |
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| Webhooks (overview) | YesDatahub Webhooks, Enterprise edition only | No |
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| Official MCP server | Yesself-hosted, experimental: Datahub Simple REST MCP endpoint (Enterprise) and Pimcore Agent MCP tool groups | No |
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| API base URL | https://{host}/pimcore-graphql-webservices/{config} · https://{host}/pimcore-studio/api | No public REST base; CGIs at https://{tenant}/webnative/, Portal at https://{portal}/PORTAL/ |
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| API styles | REST, GraphQL, WebDAV | REST |
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| Authentication | API key, Session login, OAuth 2.0 PKCE, Personal token | Basic auth, Session login |
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| Token lifetime | OAuth 2.1 (experimental): access 1 h, refresh 30 days (defaults); API keys static | N/A (no tokens documented; Portal uses server-side sessions) |
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| Rate limit | Studio API 500 req/min per IP, MCP 3,000/min (defaults, configurable); Datahub: none documented | Not public |
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| Pagination | GraphQL first/after offset; Studio page/pageSize; Simple REST page_cursor (search_after) | Not public (Portal pages via page=; portalDI search has a max-results setting) |
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| Webhooks (API) | Datahub Webhooks (Enterprise): UI-configured, custom headers, no signature, one attempt | none; server-side Trigger Sets run built-in or custom Actions on events |
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| API spec | OpenAPI 3.1 for Studio API on GitHub (POCL, not archived); GraphQL schema per endpoint | none public (Guide to Development APIs, last v17.7, behind partner login) |
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| Official SDKs | none official (PHP API in-process; Studio UI SDK for plugins) | none public; legacy Developer Program SDK licence for integrators |
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